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Welsh Witches and Wizards
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Last remaining hardcover copies of Welsh Witches and Wizards! This book is now out of print
The widespread belief in witches & wizards in Wales reflects a land steeped in legend & myth since ancient times. The witch’s power to harm people, livestock, & crops was greatly feared. For this reason country people consulted with so-called ‘cunning men’ & ‘wise women’, who had the power to negate their spells with counter-magic. Cunning-folk practitioners were also consulted for love spells, to find lost property or missing persons, exorcise ghosts & banish evil spirits. The figures of both witch & wizard form part of a broader folk-magic continuity in Wales. This popular belief in witchcraft bears little relation to modern neo-pagan Wicca. There is little evidence of its linkage to a nature religion based on a pre-Christian fertility cult.
In this book Michael Howard describes the historically-attested Welsh practitioners of folk magic & witchcraft. The Dark Sisters, the Toadmen, the Druids, the Wizards, the Cunning Men, & Faery Doctors, & the charms & spells they used. Also examined are surviving pagan beliefs associated with holy wells & the cult of the sacred head, & the mysterious & sometimes sinister ‘creatures of the night’ such as faeries, lake monsters, dragons & Black Dogs.
Three Hands Press ✢ 2009 Limited Edition Hardcover bound in deep navy cloth with gilt titing to spine, Black endpapers, Limited to 300 copies
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| Weight | 455 g |
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| Dimensions | 15.2 × 2.2 × 22.9 cm |
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Last remaining hardcover copies of Welsh Witches and Wizards! This book is now out of print
The widespread belief in witches & wizards in Wales reflects a land steeped in legend & myth since ancient times. The witch’s power to harm people, livestock, & crops was greatly feared. For this reason country people consulted with so-called ‘cunning men’ & ‘wise women’, who had the power to negate their spells with counter-magic. Cunning-folk practitioners were also consulted for love spells, to find lost property or missing persons, exorcise ghosts & banish evil spirits. The figures of both witch & wizard form part of a broader folk-magic continuity in Wales. This popular belief in witchcraft bears little relation to modern neo-pagan Wicca. There is little evidence of its linkage to a nature religion based on a pre-Christian fertility cult.
In this book Michael Howard describes the historically-attested Welsh practitioners of folk magic & witchcraft. The Dark Sisters, the Toadmen, the Druids, the Wizards, the Cunning Men, & Faery Doctors, & the charms & spells they used. Also examined are surviving pagan beliefs associated with holy wells & the cult of the sacred head, & the mysterious & sometimes sinister ‘creatures of the night’ such as faeries, lake monsters, dragons & Black Dogs.
Three Hands Press ✢ 2009 Limited Edition Hardcover bound in deep navy cloth with gilt titing to spine, Black endpapers, Limited to 300 copies
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